Long time no update ,Im kinda busy with my other fics ,but I'll make time to update sooner, anyway another chapter up for the fans (and for some dork who didn't liked the story, I wont tell names but he knows who he is)
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Pillar of Autumn (Pt.1)
´´ Hierarch, the humans are aproaching our position,what are your orders´´
´´Hold on noble warrior, help will arrive soon'' –the prophet said by the comm
The veteran elite and 2 battle fatigued grunts continued to attack the human advances towards their position in which a few covenant civilians took refuge ,when suddenly the sky opened and from it descended multiple insercion pods,the humans opened fire but the pods fell into them killing a few marines instantly, red elites emerged from the pods and ravaged the humans, as they finished the elites aproached the survivors and the veteran elite was surprised to see who lead the strike force.
´´By the rings the Arbiter,with you here we shall crush the invading force in Erebus''-the veteran elite said excited,but was cut short due to the words the Arbiter said.
''Im sorry ,but the planet is already being bombarded ,I have come to evacuate any survivors''
´´Damn it ´´-The elite cursed -´´those coward humans prefer to attack from the sky to face us face to face, we shall never forget this vile attack´´
When 3 strait shots pierced trough the veteran killing him instantly, the Arbiter and the other elites quickly took cover.
´´Who said we didn't prefer to kick your ass in land''-a marine´s voice was heard ,the humans must had hidden snipers along the valley,that was the only weapon that could kill an elite from affar. The Arbiter motioned 2 elites to cloak and search the snipers, as they advanced they were taken down by multiple rounds.
''They saw them ,but how''-The arbiter was surprised and looked at the field, he and the other elites were shocked to see multiple green armored soldiers running towards them.
''Demons ,we must flee''-A grunt yelled and ran in panic.
´´Not to fear,with the Arbiter by our side we shall make the demons pay for their sins''-an elite yelled and they all attacked at once, the arbiter tried to warn them but it was too late.
The elites felt secure but the demons had proven to be powerful adversaries in the past ,the elites fired and slashed with their swords but the demons were quick in their feet as they dogded every attack, meanwhile the snipers took each elite one by one,the strategy was to lure them from cover to allow the snipers to take a clear shot ,the arbiter knew this but failed to warn his brothers.
´´Arbiter ,we have finished loading the phantoms ,call everyone for evac, arbiter can you hear me''-An elite called by the comm but the arbiter did not respond,he was furious with the demons for killing his brothers ,he cloaked and drew his plasma sword ,he aproached a demon and stuck a grenade while he had his back turned, and slashed another,but he only managed to touch his shields as they flickered orange, a butt of a shotgun hit the arbiter in the face and he landed in the dirt, as he tried to rise,the shotgun aimed directly to his face.The arbiter saw directly to the demon´s visor,almost looking at a coldless murderer.
´´Covenant bastard-The demon said as he pulled the trigger…
´´Arbiter wake up,come on you already slept 4 hours strait''-An irritated Cortana popped in his heads´up display and woke the arbiter from his sleep.
''You dreamed about that again didn't you, your brain patterns spiked the charts´´
´´Yes''-The arbiter said as he looked around, he was on board a phantom to try to rescue the prophet of peace from the acursed humans, spec op elites and grunts attended their own business, some elites bet who could kill more humans and a grunt seemed to be huggin his fuel rod.
When they arrived at the base,they immediately planned the assault and chosed the arbiter to lead the mission.
´´No rest for the wicked ,hu´´-Cortana told the arbiter,who agreed with her.
Spartan 117 headed towards the holding cells of the Pillar of Autumn, as he arrived he saw a bulky marine smiling as he cleaned his fists from the blood stains he got from his interrogation to the prophet they captured. As he entered he saluted the captain.
''At rest Chief´´-Captain Keyes ordered the chief as he turned towards his guest.
´´Blasfemy ,you give names to the demons,they are an insult to…''-The prophet was shut as the marine's fist hit him square in the face.
''Ow man how I love my job''-The marine said and the chief couldn't agreed more with him.
''Alright Holy one,if you don't want another knuckle sandwich from my friend here you'll tell us what this ring does´´-The captain said to the prophet.
´´You may kill me ,but you´ll only aproach the great journey for me before I betray my gods''
Seing how the prophet was a complete religious lunatic he decided to stop the beatings,they needed him alive anyway, but before they leaved the spartan grabbed the prophet by the neck.
''The elite with the weird armor you call ''Arbiter'', were is he´´-The chief asked as he applied pressure to his neck.
''I don't know,but if you see him again,beg for mercy demon''-The prophet began to laugh as the spartan was forced to let him go.
´´Do you know that elite chief''-The captain asked curioulsy.
´´Lets just say he and I were once very close to one another´´-The chief said remembering the time he had him in the dirt with his shotgun.
´´The humans are holding the prophet of peace in one of their primitive ships, The Pillar Of Autumn, the ship is floating above the surface at least 350 meters at the end of this plateau,well need to hijack a pelican located in the far end of this valley to get onboard without being shot down''-Cortana ordered to a open line to all the covenant onboard.
''Very well arbiter you take the first squad ,after you get to the pelican, I'll drop reinforcements to your position ,And try not to screw it this time jeje''
''At least I didn't let a puny human cut my jaws ,halfjaw''-The arbiter said as he exited the phantom, followed by 4 elites, 4 grunts and 4 jackals. He held his particle beam tight as he took point.
''Stop, motion tracker shows movement around the next bench''
''We'll wait here Cortana while the arbiter and the jackals take sniper position''-An elite barked by the comm.
As the arbiter looked to the human position he was disgusted of what he saw, the humans were not on their posts as they should be ,instead they were drinking something called ''Bier'' and a few ODST´s were making out with human females.
''Heretic humans, they don't have code of honor and on top of that they desacrate the sacred ring''-Cortana said to the arbiter as she saw a marine pee in the ground.
The arbiter ordered his jackals to open fire as well as he and 5 humans went down.The more controlled marines quickly took weapons in hand.
''Whoa what the hell was that, did anyone see that shiny crap man''-A very hammered marine said and the last he saw was an elite punching him in the face.
Another pathetic human pushed away a female and tried to pull his pants up but he was stopped as a jackal fired strait in his head frying his brain. The rest of the humans tried desperatey to hold the covenant back but the surprise attack crippled them.
''I killed 7 humans ,you owe me''-A red elite said to a blue one.
''Incoming hev pods from the ship, strange I only detect 2''-Cortana said to the arbiter as he turned to the ship to see the lone pods.
´´I'll level the bet by killing the ones in the pods''-The blue elite said and ran towards the nearest pod only to be surprised by an armored warrior,who emptied his assault rifle in the unfortunate elite.
''AAHHHH, demons, run away'' -a grunt dropped his needler and ran in circles. The jackals took the opportunity to open fire with their particle beams on the demon ,but 4 strait shots from a sniper rifle silenced them, all four each in the head.
''Acording to my tactical data,the demons function with each other in a flawless way.''
´´Really´´-the arbiter say to cortana as he ducked in a near rock.
´´Did you look at that elite ,it's the same one that got away from the chief, isnt he´´-Spartan 124 told to 079 by the comm.
´´Yes it is,lets get him and show it off to the chief later´´-Spartan 079 said as he recharged his sniper rifle. While 079 remained calmed at the scope of his rifle, 124 threw frags to the enemy position to get the prey out.
´´The sniper can take one enemy out while the other demon deals with the advancing ones, in order to defeat them we must get closer, but how''-Cortana motioned the arbiter.
´´Then we shall be the distraction, good luck Arbiter´´
The elites roared in anger and ran towards the spartans, but 4 consecutive shots pierced their heads and 2 elites dropped dead in their feet, however the other elite and the arbiter slipped past by them and engaged the demons. One confronted a demon with dual plasma rifles, while the Arbiter engaged the sniper with his sword. The spartan discarted his sniper rifle and switched to his assault rifle.
The other elite took cover while his plasma rifles cooled down, the grunt fired without aim towards the demon trying to get his atention , the spartan got the message and he threw his last grenade towards them killing 2 in the process. The elite discarted one rifle and melee the demon, the spartan sidestep , drew his combat knife and slashed the weak elite's shields , killing him.
The arbiter and spartan 079 engaged in hand combat when the arbiter saw his last elite killed at the hands of the demon.
´´Cortana call…´´
´´Already have´´-Cortana cut the arbiter , as she had already called the second latch. The phantom rised from the air and fired his plasma guns to the demons, and from it 2 warriors emerged.
´´Hunters, watch out´´-spartan 079 warned 124 , but he was already surrounded by the enemy, he fired but his shots were no match for the hunter´s armor, finally the hunters crushed the demon with their massive shields and his spine broke.
Spartan 079 had to think quick ,only his sniper rifle had enough power to kill them by the back, he leaped to were his rifle was ,but he was surprised to see it was gone.
´´Looking for this´´-The Arbiter told the demon as he aimed the rifle to his head from behind , he pulled the trigger and the last demon fell.
´´Cortana to phantom 519 we have control of the human pelican and we are ready for reinforcements''
´´Understood, good job mighty arbiter´´- The pilot said by the comm and aproached their position, from it 5 black op elites and 4 black op grunts armed with fuel rods emerged.
'´Begin the journey ,rest in peace´´-The arbiter prayed to his fallen brethen as white grunts carried them to the phantom.
´´Don't worry ,our gods shall watch over them until the great journey reunite us with them´´-Cortana said to the Arbiter, the arbiter only nodded and boarded the pelican.
´´Argh, primitive ships this humans use, might as well fly ourselves in our phantoms´´- An elite yelled in frustration as he couldn't turn the pelican on.
´´Let me try´´-Cortana motioned the arbiter ,and he inserted her data crystal in one of the pelicans slot.
´´Small place this humans build for their A.I.´s but I´ll manage´´-Cortana said and in a few moments the pelican lifted from the ground.
´´You know Arbiter, rescuing the prophet will be quite hard, maybe more demons await in the ship´´
´´Afraid Half jaw, not to worry, I like challenges´´.
Quite short ,however I managed to update , I decided to separate this chapter in 2 parts , I could make it in just 1 but it would be quite long and probably it would bore whoever reads it, well review ,I welcome your suggestions.By the way ,what the humans are drinking its beer, but the covenant have a funny way to say human words often,like Keyes Keezz, from the book the flood.